Pre-Order GBRf Class 66 66789 British Rail 1948-97 DCC Sound

Hornby’s Class 66 is a must-have locomotive type and an ideal start to modelling in TT:120 scale. Accurately portraying a universal modern diesel type in a wide range of colourful liveries, the Class 66 is perfect for any current-era TT:120 layout. 

Pre-order today from the Key Model World Shop with a £1 deposit. Our customer services team will contact you to collect the balance of £165.99 on arrival of the model into stock. Model due autumn 2024. Full price including deposit £166.99.

The Class 66 is a highly successful and reliable freight design produced by EMD, with 480 examples constructed specifically for the Britain’s railways between 1998 and 2016 and further examples later imported from Europe. Class 66s are truly ubiquitous and can be found on all types of freight across the UK, with the fleet operated by five main companies and carrying a huge range of liveries to this day.

Depicted by Hornby in one of the many colourful commemorative liveries worn by GBRf Class 66s, the large logo BR blue scheme is a popular livery carried by 66789 ‘British Rail 1948-1997’. With multiple sub-classes and countless design differences including etched metal detailing and Hornby has accurately produced this model as a class 66/7.

Internally the locomotive features a Next18 DCC decoder socket, which is factory fitted with a Hornby Triplex Sound Bluetooth decoder in this version together with a 15mm x 11mm cube speaker. Hornby’s TT:120 Class 66 is highly detailed and is the perfect companion to the modern image freight rolling stock, GBRf class 50 and HSTs currently in development by Hornby.

Product highlights include:

• Class 66/9 66789 ‘British Rail 1948-1997’ in GBRf BR large logo blue


• DCC sound fitted with a Next18 Triplex Sound Bluetooth decoder


• NEM standard couplings


• Separately fitted etched metal steps, handrails and grilles


• Must-have model of a stand out Class 66 for the modern period (era 11)

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